Garment clip



Aug. 26, 1969 M. FREHLICH, JR

GARMENT CLIP Filed Feb. 9, 1968 INVENTOR Mou/P06 Feo ff/.4 fav, .7e

la@ mf@ .ATTORNEYS 3,462,809 GARR/TENT CLE Monroe Froehlieh, Ir.,Trnesdale Lake, South Salem, NX., assigner to DHH Industries, Inc., NewYork, NX., a corporation of New York Filed Feb. 9, 1968, Ser. No.704,470 Int. Cl. A441) 21 /00 ILS. Cl. 24,- 255 2 Claims ABSTRACT F THEDISCLSURE A garment clip for gripping and holding garments or portionsthereof in position which can be inexpensively produced by molding ofplastic or other suitable material.

Background of the invention When garments are displayed and/or shippedor stored it is desirable that portions thereof be maintained in apredetermined position relative to the remaining portions. For thispurpose garment clips have been used. Such clips are used in quantity asmany clips may be used with respect to a single garment and the clipsare often disposed of after use. The clips must be inexpensive andcapable of mass production. For this reason, clips for this purpose havebeen molded of suitable plastic material. In order to minimize cost aminimum of plastic material must be used in each clip. Clips of thistype are therefore quite small and of such configuration that nounnecessary bulk or weight appears on a clip. The clip, however, must besuiciently strong to resist breaking in use and be capable offunctioning in a proper manner, that is, the clip must provide adequategripping of the garment portion to which it is aflxed. Further, the clipmust be readily usable and the gripping portions of the clip must notinterfere with the users ability to place the clip in position on thegarment or remove it therefrom.

Summary of the invention A garment clip having two leg members joined bya spring loop in which the leg members have facing surfaces providedwith interspersed raised transverse gripping portions.

Description of the drawings In the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 is an enlarged side view of a clip constructed in accordance withthis invention and diagrammatically in broken lines there is illustratedthe clip when opened to engage with an edge portion of a garment;

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the clip shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the clip shown in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 is at ransverse sectional view taken along the line 4-4 in thedirection of the arrows in FIG. 1.

Description of the preferred embodiment The garment clip of thisinvention as shown in the gures is molded integrally of a suitableplastic material and consists of legs 12 and 14 joined by spring loop 16with the legs terminating, respectively, in ends 18 and 20.

The legs 12 and 14 have facing surfaces 22 and 24, respectively, each ofwhich is provided with a plurality of spaced transverse inwardlyprojecting arcuate contoured gripping members. The gripping members onsurface 22 are indicated by the numeral 26 and the gripping members onsurface 24 are indicated by the numeral 28.

The gripping members are identical in configuration and adjacentgripping members on each surface are spaced a distance approximatelyequal to the width of aired States Patent O i icc a gripping member. Thegripping members on the opposite surfaces are interspersed or offset sothat each of the gripping members on one surface face portions of theopposite surface and not opposite gripping members. This enables thegripping members to interdigitate when the surfaces 22 and 24 arebrought toward one another The gripping members are contoured so thatthe surface of each is arcuate. The gripping members are of equal heightand the gripping members of surface 24 terminate in a single plane whilethe gripping members of surface 22 terminate in a single plane. In thenormal position Aof the clip all of the gripping members terminate insubstantially the same plane which is equidistant from surfaces 22 and24. This plane is indicated by the numeral 30 in FIG. 1.

The ends 18 and 20 have inner contoured surfaces 32 and 34,respectively, and end 18 is shorter than end 34. The ends are turned upwith surfaces 32 and 34 although contoured, generally parallel with theplane 30 intercepting surface 34 in the normal position of the clip. andadjacent gripping members on each surface are Longitudinal strengtheningrib 36 provides a backing for leg 14 since the leg is set inwardly byshoulder 38 which joins the leg to loop 16. This results from therequirement that surfaces 22 and 24 be substantially parallel and thatthe material from which the clip is formed be minimized.

To use the clip, the user places the garment portion in plane 30 bysliding the edge thereof between surfaces 32 and 34 and then betweensurfaces 22 and 24. The gripping members maintain the garment inposition.

To ease the use of the clip, the user might best place the surface 34 ofend 20 against the garment portion and exert a force on leg 12 so thatthe clip legs take the position shown in broken lines in FIG. l wherethe surface 34 is below plane 30 and the garment portion can be slidstraightward inwardly. Relaxation of the clip allows the end 20 toreturn to its normal position with end 34 offsetting a portion of thegarment since it is intercepted by plane 30. To remove the garment, theuser can pull the garment portion taut causing movement of end 20 inaccordance with the broken lines in FIG. 1 allowing the garment to beeasily slid from within.

I claim:

1. A garment clip of generally U-shaped configuration comprising a pairof leg portions joined by a spring loop and having opposed substantiallyparallel facing -surfaces provided with interspersed transverse grippingmembers, one of said leg portions being substantially at and the otherleg portion having an inwardly offset portion adjacent the spring loopand an outwardly projecting strengthening rib along the offset portionand facing surface thereof of gradually increasing cross sectionalmodulus of elasticity.

2. A clip as recited in claim 1 wherein the leg portions are of unequallengths and the free ends thereof are flared to facilitate use of theclip on a garment.

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1,713,533 5/1929 Jones. 2,453,993 11/ 1948 Kreisler. 2,652,612 9/ 195 3Valcourt 24-265.2 2,653,369 9/ 1953 Rodriguez 24-265.2 2,378,747 6/ 1945Berman et al. 3,119,163 1/ 1964 Merfeld. 3,298,073 1/ 1967 Merfeld.3,325,929 6/ 1967 Machline 40-11 DONALD A. GRIFFIN, Primary Examiner

